About licensing authorities


 

The Gambling Act 2005 designates certain classes of local authorities in England and Wales (and licensing boards in Scotland) as licensing authorities.

Licensing authorities have a number of important regulatory functions in relation to licensing premises for gambling including:

 

You can find an A-Z list of all local authorities on  the website direct.gov.uk 

The Gambling Commission has set up a new Local Authority Liaison Unit (LALU). You can find out more about LALU's work on the community safety partnerships page.

Page last reviewed: December 2012

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